Golfclub Ookmeer

Golfclub Ookmeer in Amsterdam, North Holland, is a nine-hole, par-31 golf course of par 3s and par 4s at Sportpark Ookmeer in the Osdorp district.

Golfclub Ookmeer sits on Abe Lenstralaan inside Sportpark Ookmeer, in the west of Amsterdam. Besides its qualifying nine-hole course, the club has a separate short course and a practice area with eight covered bays, a practice bunker and a practice green.

On the qualifying course at Golfclub Ookmeer you play five par 3s and four par 4s over 1,724 metres, with the yellow and red tees at the same length. An 18-hole round means going round the nine twice, for a par of 62 over 3,448 metres. Over 18 holes, men playing from the yellow tees face a course rating of 60.5 and a slope of 104; women playing from the red tees have a course rating of 63.3, also with a slope of 104.

The longest hole at Ookmeer is the 5th, a 259-metre par 4. The 2nd, a par 4 of 240 metres, is stroke index 1 and so the hardest hole on the card. The 9th is the longest par 3 at 179 metres, while the 1st is the shortest hole, a 120-metre par 3.

Golfclub Ookmeer was founded on 23 April 1987 as Open Golfclub Amsterdam Noord (OGAN), playing on a nine-hole course at the De Weeren sports complex on the Volendammerweg in Amsterdam-Noord. That site had to make way for development around the North-South metro line, and in September 2001 the club moved to Sportpark Ookmeer in Osdorp. It took the name Golfclub Ookmeer in the autumn of 2004.

Can visitors play Golfclub Ookmeer? Yes: green fee players are welcome on a day pass. The club advises checking the course status before you travel, as conditions can change from day to day.